Biddle Gallery
2840 Biddle Avenue
Wyandotte, MI 48192
734.281.4779
http://www.biddlegallery.com/
Monkey Day!
Sunday, December 14, 12:00-6:00PM
4th Annual Monkey Day Celebration at Biddle Gallery. Monkey Day is an annual celebration of all things simian. Paintings, tile, sculpture, handbags, pillows, etc, by artists Jerome Ferretti, Carl Oxley III, Rick McQuaid, Jessica Flint, Dave Moroski, Melody Ellis, Tara Hackett, Steve Miller, Terri Sarris, Mary Harrison, Kyle Raetz, Maralena Howard, Joey Merchant, Ryan Weiss, Davin Brainard, Dolores Slowinski, Brent Harris, and more. Free Banana with every purchase!
The true origins of Monkey Day are deeply shrouded in mystery. Some say that the Monkey Day movement began as a tool to further the awareness of simian species and habitats. Others say that Monkey Day began as a scientific backlash to all of the religious holidays permeating the month of December, an evolutionary finger to the creationist holidays. Still others say that the concept for Monkey Day was brought on by the drunken debauchery of several young hooligans with a special affinity for monkeys, spending the first Monkey Day tauting their simian virtues and screaming obscenities at the local pub. Whatever the conception, Monkey Day has evolved beyond any simple beginnings into a greater movement.
Although Monkey Day is mainly about monkeys (via wiki: A monkey is any member of either the New World monkeys or Old World monkeys, two of the three groupings of simian primates, the third group being the apes. Because of their similarity to monkeys, apes such as chimpanzees and gibbons are often called monkeys in informal usage, though they are not monkeys. Conversely, due to its size the Mandrill is often thought to be an ape, but it is actually an Old World monkey. Also, a few monkey species have the word "ape" in their common name. Because they are not a single coherent group, monkeys do not have any particular traits that they all share and are not shared with the remaining group of simians, the apes.), we feel it wouldn't be proper to exclude all primates from the joy of Monkey Day just because they swing on a different branch of the evolutionary tree. So, yes, occasionally you may see non-monkey simians invading and celebrating Monkey Day.
2840 Biddle Avenue
Wyandotte, MI 48192
734.281.4779
http://www.biddlegallery.com/
Monkey Day!
Sunday, December 14, 12:00-6:00PM
4th Annual Monkey Day Celebration at Biddle Gallery. Monkey Day is an annual celebration of all things simian. Paintings, tile, sculpture, handbags, pillows, etc, by artists Jerome Ferretti, Carl Oxley III, Rick McQuaid, Jessica Flint, Dave Moroski, Melody Ellis, Tara Hackett, Steve Miller, Terri Sarris, Mary Harrison, Kyle Raetz, Maralena Howard, Joey Merchant, Ryan Weiss, Davin Brainard, Dolores Slowinski, Brent Harris, and more. Free Banana with every purchase!
The true origins of Monkey Day are deeply shrouded in mystery. Some say that the Monkey Day movement began as a tool to further the awareness of simian species and habitats. Others say that Monkey Day began as a scientific backlash to all of the religious holidays permeating the month of December, an evolutionary finger to the creationist holidays. Still others say that the concept for Monkey Day was brought on by the drunken debauchery of several young hooligans with a special affinity for monkeys, spending the first Monkey Day tauting their simian virtues and screaming obscenities at the local pub. Whatever the conception, Monkey Day has evolved beyond any simple beginnings into a greater movement.
Although Monkey Day is mainly about monkeys (via wiki: A monkey is any member of either the New World monkeys or Old World monkeys, two of the three groupings of simian primates, the third group being the apes. Because of their similarity to monkeys, apes such as chimpanzees and gibbons are often called monkeys in informal usage, though they are not monkeys. Conversely, due to its size the Mandrill is often thought to be an ape, but it is actually an Old World monkey. Also, a few monkey species have the word "ape" in their common name. Because they are not a single coherent group, monkeys do not have any particular traits that they all share and are not shared with the remaining group of simians, the apes.), we feel it wouldn't be proper to exclude all primates from the joy of Monkey Day just because they swing on a different branch of the evolutionary tree. So, yes, occasionally you may see non-monkey simians invading and celebrating Monkey Day.
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